Made available in DSpace on 2015-02-24T18:04:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 YuriCLS_DISSERT.pdf: 1601720 bytes, checksum: 554923a7f0503bb8d641482a11fa82a4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-07-11 / This paper aims to analyze the current support structure ready to Local Productive Arrangements (APLs) in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. To this end, it was done a study of major theories dealing with territorial agglomerations: moving from the pioneering concept of Marshallian industrial district to neo-Schumpeterian concepts coming from the latest innovation systems. In a complementary way, there will be a study of the major reasons that brought the crowded productive activities to a central position in the economic debate and the formation of public policy, seeking to understand what the relationship of this phenomenon with the different approaches of regional development policies which are included in recent years. Finally, it sought to understand how the bodies responsible for supporting clusters in the state of Rio Grande do Norte act in the selection and support of these arrangements, analyzing what the main policies implemented and trying to understand what are the main instruments used to support these clusters in the state / Este trabalho pretende analisar a atual estrutura de apoio disposta aos Arranjos Produtivos Locais (APLs) no estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Com este intuito, realiza-se um estudo das principais teorias que tratam das aglomera??es territoriais: passando desde o conceito pioneiro de distrito industrial marshalliano at? conceitos neo-schumpeterianos mais recentes provindo dos sistemas de inova??o. De maneira complementar, realiza-se um estudo dos principais motivos que trouxeram as atividades produtivas aglomeradas a uma posi??o central no debate econ?mico e na forma??o de pol?ticas p?blicas, procurando compreender qual a rela??o deste fen?meno com as diferentes abordagens das pol?ticas de desenvolvimento regional compreendidas nos ?ltimos anos. Por fim, pretendeu-se compreender de que forma os ?rg?os respons?veis pelo apoio aos APLs no estado do Rio Grande do Norte atuam na sele??o e apoio a estes arranjos, analisando quais as principais pol?ticas implementadas e procurando compreender quais s?o os principais instrumentos utilizados no apoio a estes APLs no estado